Search, Filters & Merchandising for WooCommerce

Description

Search, Filters & Merchandising for WooCommerce, by Fast Simon is the leading search solution for merchants. It drives eCommerce search, AI-powered merchandising, and personalization, based on shopper behavior, store inventory, data, and visual signals for thousands of fast-growing online merchants.

Easily integrate this powerful search plugin into your WooCommerce store. Quickly index all of your website’s content and provide fast and accurate search results instantly.

Fast Simon is helping merchants maximize the value of their online traffic to spark, sustain, and boost their growth. Current Fast Simon merchants report growth of up to 40% year-over-year after adopting the powerful search platform.

Boost Conversion with Search, Filters & Merchandising

• Shoppers using search are on 4X more likely to buy
• Great Search can boost conversion by 30-150%
• Cross-sell & Upsell increases sales by up to 30%

Note: WooCommerce Search Plugin by Fast Simon is FREE for stores with up to 200 sessions, and offers affordable paid subscriptions for larger stores from $39.99/month. There is a 14 days trial period where you can experience all of Fast Simon premium features.

Full pricing information can be found at:
https://www.fastsimon.com/woocommerce/

Platform Overview

Key Features:

• Search Filters
• Search by product title, long and short description
• Search by SKU
• Show product image in live search results
• Show product price in live search results
• Show product description in live search results
• Responsive AI-Based Search
• Search the product category and tags
• Smart AutoComplete
• Mobile Optimized search
• Natural Language search
• Advanced Search Results page
• Did you mean & typo-correction
• Product promotion based on visitors sessions
• Product suggestions based on WooCommerce catalog
• Synonyms and Antonyms
• Semantic Search
• Product Merchandising
• Search Merchandising

Premium Features:

• Automatic Rule-Based Merchandising
• Mobile Optimized search
• Categories Merchandising
• Recommendation Merchandising
• Display Merchandising & Optimization
• A/B test your merchandising strategy
• Expand Product Variants Display
• Landing Pages
• Optimized Product Ranking
• Smart Collection Filters
• Color Swatch Filters
• Variant Color Swatches
• SEO Pack
• Personalisation
• Visual search & Complete-the-Look
• Look-a-like Products
• Similar Styles Products
• Product Finder
• Big Data Product Recommendations

Read more – WooCommerce Search

See it in action – View Demo

External services

We are using the API of the following external services: https://api.fastsimon.com/ , https://ping.fastsimon.com/ ,
https://acp-magento.appspot.com/ , https://dashboard.instantsearchplus.com/ , https://woo.instantsearchplus.com/
This is the data that is sent : site URL, user email, user ID, full products catalog (including prices),
categories IDs and names, blog-id/blogs-ids, WP version , WC version, sitemap.xml.
The name and IDs of posts, or other specific taxonomy data is sent if the user wishes to display additional
content inside the SERP and product category archives.
The data is sent in order to fully control the SERP and collection pages.
Read more about our terms of service – Terms of service

Screenshots

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Blocks

This plugin provides 1 block.

• Category

Installation

1. Navigate to the ‘Add New’ in the plugins dashboard
2. Search for ‘WooCommerce Search, Filters & Merchandising’
3. Click ‘Install Now’
4. Activate the plugin on the Plugin dashboard
5. In case you do not have a search box do one of the following:
   • Add search box widget – go to WordPress admin page ==> Appearance ==> Widgets and drag Fast Simon Search Box widget (or any other search widget) to your preferred location.
   • Add html code to your theme – Simply add HTML based form to your WordPress theme like this and we’ll pick it from there

Having issues? contact [email protected]

FAQ

Do I need to sign up for this service?

No. Once you install the plugin you will have our dashboard and customization right in the WordPress admin.

What is the difference between the free and the Premium service versions

Full details are here: https://www.fastsimon.com/woocommerce/
Basically our Premium versions contain more advanced customization, support, additional service capacity and monitoring. You can always start with our Free plan and upgrade.

Do you offer Trials?

Yes – 14 days free trial

Can Fast Simon work with my searchbox?

Yes – Fast Simon can work with any html inputbox on your page. Be that a WordPress Widget or a custom template

How can I add a searchbox to my site header?

Go to WordPress admin => Appearance => Widgets and include the Fast Simon Search Widget.

How can I add a search box to my web page using shortcode?

Add the shortcode isp_search_box to your prefered location:
simply add [isp_search_box] or you can add search box with some extra configurations
[isp_search_box width=10 height=2.3 text_size=1 inner_text=”Search…”]
* parameters: width – search box’s horizontal measurement | height – search box’s vertical measurement |
text_size – text size | inner_text – the text inside the search box

I want to add a searchbox to my theme and make it work with Fast Simon – how can I?

Simply add HTML based form to your WordPress theme like this and we’ll pick it from there:

Does Fast Simon support multisites?

Yes, we support multisites from Version 1.3.1 and above.
Simply install our plugin –
https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/instantsearch-for-woocommerce/
After activating the plugin you will see the Fast Simon banner on
each store.
Give us a few minutes to learn about your products and categories.
Start typing in the search box and experience the magic of autocomplete.

Reviews

Read all 169 reviews

Contributors & Developers

Changelog

3.0.53

• update readme file

3.0.52

• update read me file

3.0.51

• change the plugin tags

3.0.50

• change side panel link to our dashboard from “WCIS_plugin” to “instantsearch-for-woocommerce”

3.0.49

• remove email verification for exist users

3.0.48

• remove email verification for exist users

3.0.47

• activation optimization

3.0.46

• change ‘WCISPlugin’ to ‘instantsearch-for-woocommerce’

3.0.45

• new version for plugin review

3.0.44

• Email permission request

3.0.43

• wordpress 6.7 compatibility
• fixes for the next issues raised by plugin review:
  Display Name Infringes on Trademarks , Using Deprecated Code/Functions , Not permitted files ,
  Do not use HEREDOC or NOWDOC syntax in your plugins , Undocumented use of a 3rd Party / external service ,
  Internationalization: Don’t use variables or defines as text or context or text domain parameters ,
  Internationalization: Text domain does not match plugin slug , Data Must be Sanitized, Escaped, and Validated ,
  Variables and options must be escaped when echo’d , Allowing Direct File Access to plugin files

3.0.42

• wordpress 6.6.2 compatibility
• woocommerce 9.4.* support
• update uninstall\deactivate function

3.0.41

• changing plugin tags

3.0.40

• plugin description change and logo and installation

3.0.39

• wordpress 6.6.1 compatibility
• woocommerce 9.1.* support
• plugin name and description change

3.0.38

• wordpress 6.6 compatibility
• woocommerce 9.1.* support

3.0.37

• serving page fix2

3.0.36

• woocommerce 8.9.* support
• serving page fix

3.0.35

• wordpress 6.5.3 compatibility
• woocommerce 8.8.* support

3.0.34

• wordpress 6.5 compatibility
• woocommerce 8.7.* support
• prettify version handler results

3.0.33

• shortcode fast_simon_category added to embed the results inside a products archive template

3.0.32

• wordpress 6.4.3 compatibility
• woocommerce 8.6.* support
• Fast Simon search page should only work on a search bar of post type ‘product’ / undefined
  • fix
• Fast Simon dashboard domain change

3.0.31

• woocommerce 8.4.* support
• extension handlers migration 3

3.0.30

• cancel search results inside WooCommerce template – revert

3.0.29

• wordpress 6.4.2 compatibility
• cancel search results inside WooCommerce template

3.0.28

• extension handlers migration 2

3.0.27

• wordpress 6.4.1 compatibility
• woocommerce 8.3.* support
• extension handlers migration 1

3.0.26

• wordpress 6.4 compatibility
• woocommerce 8.2.* support

3.0.25

• wordpress 6.3.1 compatibility
• woocommerce 8.1.* support
• rename plugin name to Fast Simon
• allow to display products group with no products in it

3.0.24

• compatibility with High-Performance Order Storage (HPOS, COT)
• add user_id parameter for serving

3.0.23

• wordpress 6.3 compatibility
• woocommerce 7.9.* support
• add is_user_logged_in parameter for serving

3.0.22

• wordpress 6.2 compatibility
• woocommerce 7.5.* support
• change addresses of autocomplete and serving scripts

3.0.21

• woocommerce 7.3.* support
• change search_wc endpoint

3.0.20

• wordpress 6.1.1 compatibility
• woocommerce 7.2.* support
• support SmartShop theme
• Change readme description (add platform overview video)
• Change plugin icon and cover

3.0.19

• add to cart reporting, avoid latency on action – fix

3.0.18

• wordpress 6.1 compatibility
• woocommerce 7.0.* support

3.0.17

• change serving configuration to be read from js object

3.0.16

• wordpress 6.0 compatibility

3.0.15

• display decoded category names for vnext

3.0.14

• set search results page version and category page version to vnext for new users

3.0.13

• set new autocomplete for new users (and fixes)
• woocommerce 6.4.* support

3.0.12

• Support for Best Shop theme
• vnext and new autocomplete fixes
• wordpress 5.9.3 compatibility

3.0.11

• new autocomplete fix

3.0.1

• integrate new autocomplete dropdown
• integrate editable (page builder – no code) serp and product category page serving (vnext)

2.0.55

• fix a conflict with facetwp plugin

2.0.54

• check for blocks theme only from wp version 5.9 on – fix

2.0.53

• wordpress 5.9.2 compatibility
• woocommerce 6.3.* support
• blocks theme support (tested on Twenty Twenty-Two)
• product-category block added

2.0.52

• fix static function usage

2.0.51

• woocommerce 6.1.* support
• wordpress 5.9 compatibility

2.0.50

• wordpress 5.8.1 compatibility
• woocommerce 5.6.* support
• Compatibility with Impreza theme and it’s UpSolution Core plugin
• Compatibility with Storefront theme

2.0.49

• wordpress 5.8 compatibility
• change plugin tags
• updated logo

2.0.48

• wordpress 5.7.2 compatibility
• woocommerce 5.4.* support
• change plugin tags

2.0.47

• wordpress 5.7.1 compatibility
• woocommerce 5.2.* support

2.0.46

• remove pre_get_posts filters before sending first 5 batches

2.0.45

• updated plugin name

2.0.44

• updated plugin name

2.0.43

• updated logo

2.0.42

• updated banner image and logo

2.0.41

• updated plugin description

2.0.40

• wordpress 5.7 compatibility
• woocommerce 5.1.* support
• updated plugin description

2.0.39

• lightspeed updates support

2.0.38

• lightspeed updates support

2.0.37

• wordpress 5.6 compatibility
• woocommerce 4.9.* support
• updated plugin description

2.0.36

• js files domain name change (temporary)

2.0.35

• wordpress 5.5.1 compatibility
• change trial period to 14 days

2.0.34

• LiteSpeed support

2.0.33

• integration with woocommerce rest-api
• wordpress 5.5 compatibility
• woocommerce 4.5.* support

2.0.32

• plugin’s banner and screenshots update
• plugin’s description text update
• Woocommerce 4.4.* support

2.0.31

• seamless integration with wp-rocket plugin
• wordpress 5.5 compatibility
• Woocommerce 4.3.* support

2.0.30

• wordpress 5.4.2 compatibility
• Woocommerce 4.2.* support
• js files domain name change

2.0.29

• Allow Smart navigation as stand alone feature

2.0.28

• Woocommerce 4.1.* support

2.0.27

• fix scheduled sales sync

2.0.26

• wordpress 5.4.1 compatibility

2.0.25

• fix cancel sync warning on folder name change

2.0.24

• fix cancel sync warning on folder name change

2.0.23

• wordpress 5.4 compatibility

2.0.22

• Woocommerce 4.0.* support

2.0.21

• Fix wpml support

2.0.20

• Woocommerce 3.9.* support

2.0.19

• fix is_search notice

2.0.18

• support WDP discount rules module
• fix session is null error

2.0.17

• support WDP discount rules module
• fix session is null error

2.0.16

• added support to Perfect WooCommerce Brands

2.0.15

• fix description shortening regression

2.0.14

• fix cutting UTF character issue

2.0.13

• revert Utf encoding

2.0.12

• fix error notices

2.0.11

• postpone product update generated by purchase

2.0.10

• Utf8 encode product descriptions

2.0.9

• Advanced Dynamic Pricing for WooCommerce support

2.0.6

• Limit product description to 2048 for sync optimization
• Fix is_search warning in admin area
• Update product after each purchase

2.0.5

• WDP catalog rules support
• Calculate variable product qty according to variants stock

2.0.1

• wordpress 5.1.1 support

1.11.13

• fix conflicts with elasticpress

1.11.12

• fix support for woo product import

1.11.11

• added support of product-visibility-by-country plugin for sending updates

1.11.9

• add support for woo product import

1.11.8

• fix usage of deprecated function (get_post_data)

1.11.7

• fix calling to is_plugin_active method

1.11.6

• added support of prices-by-user-role plugin
• added support of product-visibility-by-country plugin

1.11.4

• added support grouped product
• added support of show-single-variations-premium plugin

1.11.3

• fixing log woo deprecated message at product webhook

1.11.2

• update variable product at variation change.
• fix isp_visible method

1.11.1

• count subcategories products as well as categories to determine whether category should be shown in facets

1.11.0

• support non ascii attributes values names

1.10.11

• optimize css page load

1.10.9

• fix admin search bug

1.10.6

• in basic mode fix making ids request when not for product type

1.10.5

• in basic mode fix making ids request when not for product type

1.10.4

• fix smart navigation on native url

1.10.3

• fix products count
• add debug endpoint for ids only

1.10.2

• omit variations from syncing
• handle external products

1.10.0

• serve smart navigation on woocommerce category url

1.9.32

• woocommerce 3.3 compatibility
• fix smart navigation support in the dropdown
• add fetch categories debugging endpoint

1.9.31

• support disabled categories

1.9.30

• gift-card as product handling
• use attribute values names instead of slugs
• assign min price to variable product

1.9.29

• dismiss gift card
• add option to print ids only

1.9.28

• fix duplicated filers
• fix regular(overlined) price for variable products

1.9.27

• fix composite products support

1.9.26

• send data compressed after second retry

1.9.25

• fix too frequent updates

1.9.24

• fix too frequent updates

1.9.23

• woocommerce 3.2 support

1.9.22

• woocommerce 2.4 support

1.9.21

• dismiss empty cart token web hooks requests

1.9.20

• bundle products support

1.9.19

• plugin author name change

1.9.18

• fix simple products import

1.9.17

• wp all import support

1.9.16

• wordpress 4.9 compatibility

1.9.15

• is_search notice fix
• specify correct plugin dir name in load_plugin_textdomain()

1.9.14

• support woocommerce not standard path

1.9.13

• adding testing api

1.9.12

• handle sending product update when product id missing

1.9.11

• fix description typo

1.9.10

• delete 10th screen shot, add a check if the product is null

1.9.9

• readme changes

1.9.8

• readme changes

1.9.7

• readme changes

1.9.6

• readme changes

1.9.5

• composite products support, readme changes

1.9.4

• min price fix. fall back to min price if it’s value is less then price

1.9.3

• performance improvements

1.9.2

• start importing out of stock items

1.9.1

• send categories as attribute

1.9.0

• send categories as attribute

1.8.19

• handle lack of consistency for not accessible sites
• added YITH pre orders support
• added VC Vendors PRO support

1.8.18

• fix missing creation date for older woocommerce versions

1.8.17

• fix missing creation date

1.8.16

• handle search results page deletion
• added sort by “newest arrivals”

1.8.15

• uninstall fixed

1.8.14

• fix jquery errors by:
  • load jquery as dependency
  • load isp script in footer

1.8.13

• fixed sending deleted in trash product

1.8.12

• fixed wpml support

1.8.11

• wordpress 4.8 support, plugins conflict resolved

1.8.10

• change tags

1.8.9

• change file header

1.8.8

• change file header

1.8.7

• change tags and screenshots descriptions

1.8.6

• change short description

1.8.5

• change readme file

1.8.4

• change tags and stop cart cookie creation on every page init

1.8.3

• change tags

1.8.2

• fix price of variants, tax inclusive

1.8.1

• added support for woocommerce 3+

1.8.0

• adding api for updating selected items

1.7.5

• add isp_is_visibile function

1.7.4

• fix visibility search-only

1.7.3

• fix visibility search-only

1.7.2

• fix wpml support for categories fetch

1.7.1

• Setting smart navigation url rule in Premium mode
• Check if curl disabled in 4.6

1.7.0

• Smart navigation
• Bug fix in getting search page template

1.6.3

• Bug fixes

1.6.1

• Bug fixes
• Check for conflicting plugins
• Bring category slug

1.6.0

• Admin notification conventions

1.5.8

• New custom CSS configuration option for the search results page

1.5.7

• Compatible with WordPress 4.6.1 (tested)
• Basic search results page bug fix
• Additional cache cleanup when writing to the Database

1.5.6

• Site SEO improvements
• Lazy Load Plugin support

1.5.5

• Products recommendation improvements
• Fast Simon search box widget and shortcode added percent unit for customizations (now its rem and percent)

1.5.4

• Search results page – single page load, removed redirections
• added more support to other plugins that use “lazy” load to product images

1.5.3

• Search results page – added add-to-cart for variants, using quick view

1.5.2

• Compatible with WordPress 4.5 (tested)
• Search Results Page – new filter by product’s categories
• insert/update/delete products improvements
• Compatible with WooCommerce 2.5.5 (tested)

1.5.1

• Search Results Page – few minor bug fixes

1.5.0

• NEW Integrated Search Results Page
• EWWW Image Optimizer plugin support

1.4.6

• WP Rocket support

1.4.5

• Full text search bug fix

1.4.4

• Bulk Delete (Bulk WP) plugin support
• WPML additional plugin support (WordPress Multilingual Plugin)
• Filters bug fix

1.4.3

• Compatible with WordPress 4.4 (tested)
• Clearer handler & notification for site duplication

1.4.2

• Error fix

1.4.1

• Server url bug fix

1.4.0

• Site url mismatch notification (usually happens when coping/duplicating/cloning WordPress server)
• Products updates mechanism improvement

1.3.8

• Bug fix pagination after filtering
• Search results speed improvements

1.3.7

• Support Advanced Custom Fields – (https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/)
• Eliminate render-blocking JavaScript in above-the-fold content

1.3.6

• Support WooCommerce Brands on search (‘product_brand’)
• Support custom taxonomies on search

1.3.5

• Bug fix on product update
• is_visible() function error fix

1.3.4

• Product visibility bug fix

1.3.3

• WooCommerce product quick edit bug fix
• Bug fix on search with no results will display 0 products instead of all
• Compatible with WooCommerce 2.4.6 (tested)
• Compatible with WordPress 4.3 (tested)

1.3.2

• Products synchronization bug fix

1.3.1

• Multisite support

1.3.0

• Some server changes and adjustments
• Bug fix on multiple triggering of “the_posts” filter hook on search

1.2.18

• Compatible with WooCommerce 2.3.5 (tested)
• product’s page bug fix (WC_Product_Simple to string conversion)

1.2.17

• Search result page performance improvement.
• Search box widget/shortcode css small adjustment.

1.2.16

• Fast Simon search box widget warning fix.
• compatible with WP-Rocket LazyLoad
• Fast Simon search box shortcode html error fix

1.2.15

• analytics improvement
• new configuration option – change number of products per page through Fast Simon dashboard

1.2.14

• new search box shortcode [isp_search_box] with optional parameters -> [isp_search_box width=10 height=2.3 text_size=1 inner_text=”Search…”]

1.2.13

• timeout increase on install
• compatible with Lazy Load plugin (thumbnails)
• search term highlighting bug fix

1.2.12

• highlight same search query’s stem words on search result page

1.2.11

• filter by attributes – WooCommerce 2.0.x compatibility

1.2.10

• filter by attributes – added simple product’s attributes

1.2.9

• on-demand product update sync (from the dashboard)

1.2.8

• fix – error on strict php mode when doing product update
• fix – out-of-stock update according to variation’s stock quantity
• new – search by variation’s sku

1.2.7

• bug fix – product quantity update after orders
• bug fix – warning after install
• WooCommerce integration bug fix for WooCommerce versions 2.0.x
• Compatible with WooCommerce 2.2.x

1.2.6

• support to scheduled sale prices dates – product’s sale price will be up-to-date
• out of stock update – when product’s order turns its quantity to 0 (if manage stock is enabled)
• Compatible with WordPress 4.0

1.2.5

• support for localhost and sites in maintenance mode

1.2.4

• highlight terms on full text search improvements (few new classes)
• new option (InstantsSearch+ dashboard => Customize tab => Force searchbox to products-only search) – if chosen, won’t take over search boxes that does not have post_type=product input, those search boxes will continue to return WordPress default results.

1.2.3

• new – search by categories
• multiple languages support on “did you mean”
• fix – handle multiple full text search requests

1.2.2

• Fast Simon search box widget improvements + widget configurations

1.2.1

• new Fast Simon search box widget

1.2.0

• WooCommerce integration
• admin notice after install

1.1.1

• fix – security issues
• WooCommerce version 2.1.12 compatible
• fix – strict PHP warnings

1.1.0

• highlight search terms
• additional fix – shortcode filter

1.0.20

• added removal of shortcodes which are not in $shortcode_tags global parameter
• fix – dashboard load from secured site (“https”)
• improvement to search queries (request side)

1.0.19

• removal of shortcode tags & php snippets from description & short_description on search/autocomplete

1.0.18

• better integration with multi-language plugins (“WooCommerce Multilingual” in particular)

1.0.17

• “not ready” admin message after installation on full text search
• fix – on full text search, wrong posts_per_page value
• page injection change

1.0.15

• additional logging

1.0.14

• modified price fields on autocomplete – new display
• new ‘settings’ link from plugins page to Fast Simon Dashboard
• fix – full text search error handler
• fix – warnings

1.0.13

• installation error fix when WooCommerce’s version is below 2.1
• added – notification on sync products status after install
• fix – on full text search, results per page parameter modification

1.0.12

• small bug fix + logging

1.0.11

• cron schedule for site’s alert query
• admin notice for quota exceeded alert

1.0.10

• full text search disable on “ordering” + additional install logging

1.0.9

• Enhanced WooCommerce Full Text search with Fast Simon the best cloud-based search

1.0.8

• added new youtube video
• multiple install logging

1.0.7

• additional log was added (multisite)

1.0.6

• added Cron events (fix import products issue)
• added retry request on activation failure (when server returns an error)

1.0.4

• Fix – fatal error on sending large number of products after install/activation

1.0.0

• First version!